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No. 578,530. I Patented Mar. 9, 1897.

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UNiTED STATES LEONARD A. WILLIAMS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF PATENT OFFICE.

TO O. H. VORN BROOK, OF SAME PLACE.

FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,530, dated March 9,1897.

Application filed March 23, 1896. Serial No. 584,452. (No model.)

To (ZZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEONARD A.W1LLIA1vis, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of St. Louis, in the State ofMissouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inFurniture, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved manner of putting together orjoining the parts of a piece of furniture having drawers, such as abureau, dresser, ehiffonier, and the like; and my invention consists infeatures of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in theclaims.

Figure I is a detail front elevation of a portion of the frame of apiece of furniture embodying my invention. Fig. II is a vertical sectiontaken on line II II, Fig. III, looking toward the back. Fig. III is avertical section taken on line III III, Fig. I, looking toward theright-hand end. Fig. IV is a detail horizontal section taken on line IVIV, Fig. III. Fig. V is a detail horizontal section taken on line V V,Fig. III. Fig. VI is a horizontal section taken on line VI VI, Fig. III.Fig. VII is a detail inside perspective view of one of the backpilasters. Fig. VIII is a detail inside perspective view of one of theend stiles. Fig. IX is a detail vertical section taken on line IX 1X,Fig. V. Fig. X is a vertical section taken on line X X, Fig. VI, theback strip being omitted, so as to show the circular hole. Fig. XI-is adetail perspective view of the inner end of one of the intermediaterunners. Fig. XII is a detail perspective View of the outer end of oneof the intermediate runners. Fig. XIII isa detail side view of the outerend of one of the intermediate runners, showing its connection with oneof the front pilasters. Fig. XIV is a detail inside perspective view ofone of the pilasters, showing one of the vertical grooves for receivingthe tenon of a guide bar or strip. Fig. XV is a detail insideperspective view showing the connection between the inner end of one ofthe intermediate runners and a back pilaster. Fig. XVI is a detailperspective view of one end of a parting-rail. Fig. XVII is a detailinside perspective view showing the connection between the outer end ofone of the intermediate runners and afront pilaster. Fig. XVIII is adetail perspective view of one end of a guide bar orstrip. Fig. XIX

is a detail perspective view of one end of a top or bottom runner.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the back strips of a piece offurniture; 2, one of the ends; 3, the end stiles; 4, the pilasters; 5,the parting-rails; 6, the top rail; 7, the bottom rail; 8, theintermediate runners; 8, the top and bottom runners, and 9 the guidebars or strips. The pilasters and end stiles are joined together, asshown in Figs. IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII, by forming a groove 10in eachstile to receive a tongue 11, formed on each pilaster. The groove 10 inthe stile forms an inner tongue 12 and an outer tongue 13 on the stile.The inner tongue 12 fits in a shallow groove 14, formed in the pilaster,and the outer tongue 13 fits in a deep groove 15, formed in thepilaster.

The inner corner of the tongue 12 of each stile and the inner corner ofthe tongue 11 of each pilasteris rounded off, as shown in Figs. IV, V,VI, VII, and VIII, so that when the parts are brought together thetongues will be directed into the grooves 14 and 10, respectively, thusinsuring the parts coming together without great care in fitting themand without danger of the edges of the tongues being splintered orroughened by a careless or inaccurate attempt to fit the parts together.This manner of connecting the end stiles and pilasters together forms adustproof and a very strong and durable joint.

I will next describe the manner of connecting the runners and pilasterstogether. The manner of doing this is illustrated in Figs. X to XIII,inclusive, and in Figs. XV, XVI, XVII, and XIX. The top and bottomrunners 8 are each provided at each end with a dovetail or semicirculartenon 16 (see Figs. III and XIX,) that fits in one-half of a circularhole '17, (see Fig. 1H,) made in the inner face of each of the pilasters4, the hole extending into the vertical mortises or grooves 18 or 18*.(See Fig. III.) The intermediate runners 8 are connected to thepilasters, as shown in Figs. III, VI, X, XI, XII, XIII,

XV, and XVII. The inner ends of the intermediate runners 8 (seeFigs.III, VI, X, XI, and XV) are formed with dovetail or semicircular tenons1.6, fitting in circular holes 17, extending into the vertical mortiseor groove 18 of the inner pilaster 4. The outer ends of the intermediaterunners (see Figs. XII, XIII, and XVII) are formed with dovetail orsemicircular tenons 20, fitting in circular holes 19, formed in theouter pilaster 4. The inner edges of the outer ends of the intermediaterunners are recessed and have longitudinal mortises 21, which receivethe tenons 22 of the parting-rails 5. The runners thus serve to tie thepilasters together, and the runners are held in the mortises or groovesand holes of the pilasters by means of the top and bottom rails 6 and 7and the parting-rails 5 at the front and by the strips 6", '7, and 1 atthe back fitting against the inner tenons. 5 is the middle strip of theback.

The circular holes may be cheaply and quickly made by the use of anauger or bit, the inner portion of the hole made by the anger or bitforming part of the vertical. mortises, While the inner sides of theholes receive the dovetail or semicircular tenons.

The inner faces of the pilasters are provided With grooves 24 to receivetenons 25 on the ends of the guides 9. (See Figs. IX, XIV, and XVIII.)

I claim as my invention 1. A piece of furniturecomprisingoppositely-arranged front and rear pilasters 4 havinghorizontal semicircular dovetail grooves 17, the top and bottom runners8 having vertical dovetail tenons occupying the said grooves, and thetop and bottom rails 6, 7

